A selection of five community events across York Region is scheduled for Black History Month, including library readings and art activities, a municipal flag-raising with speakers, and a museum exhibition that runs through Feb. 28.
A long-term study of more than 105,000 women in the California Teachers Study found that higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with lower risk of stroke over 20.5 years, including a reported 16% lower ischemic stroke risk and 25% lower hemorrhagic stroke risk.
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is scheduled to open Sunday after more than five decades of planning, delays and disputes; Metrolinx reports the project cost over $12.6 billion.
Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon said his party welcomes the Conservatives' offer to fast-track certain bills and that he will speak with Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer to discuss particulars.
Black Queer Canada formally launched in Ottawa on Feb. 5, 2026, at the second annual National Black 2SLGBTQI+ Futures Summit. The organization is described as the country's first national body dedicated to centring Black 2SLGBTQI+ people and amplifying their voices in research and decision-making.
On Jan. 27 the Melfort pizza-eating fundraiser returned with 11 contestants and raised $5,770.80 for TeleMiracle.
A museum archive letter highlights Charles Lionel Dent's role in forming the State Hospital and Medical League in Prince Albert in 1936 and the group's long campaign that contributed to Saskatchewan's hospitalization plan in 1947.
Premier Wab Kinew has outlined large projects and long-range goals meant to boost Manitoba's economy, but the article notes key details are missing and the province is running sustained deficits that are unlikely to be closed quickly.
Health officials report the Manitoba measles outbreak has continued for a year, with most cases concentrated in Southern Health and many infections occurring in people who were not immunized.
Moltbook launched in late January claiming about 1.6 million AI agents; a security review found a misconfigured database that exposed API tokens and indicated many agents were controlled by roughly 17,000 human owners.
